The very role of a counselor is to help people think things through. A person considering suicide wouldn't be denied counseling. A couple considering a divorce wouldn't be denied counseling. A person seeking a new job goes and sees an employment counselor. A person struggling with a drug, alcohol, sex or gambling addiction wouldn't be denied counseling! The very thought of denying a person (or the parents of a minor) counselling, as they consider such a life altering decision is not only unconscionable, but ludicrous and illogical. Everyone is entitled to counseling. It is criminal to withhold it.